Pbs Movies

  • 2005
    The Torture Question

    The Torture Question

    The Torture Question

    72005HD

    In the uncertain weeks following 9/11, an internal power struggle was underway deep inside the Bush administration. Waged between partisans at the hig...

    The Torture Question
  • 2019
    China: Power and Prosperity

    China: Power and Prosperity

    China: Power and Prosperity

    02019HD

    Covering China's powerful leader, his signature foreign policy, U.S.-China trade and technology wars, how Chinese technology helps stifle dissent, and...

    China: Power and Prosperity
  • 2016
    The First Official Thanksgiving

    The First Official Thanksgiving

    The First Official Thanksgiving

    02016HD

    Documentary shares the story of Captain John Woodlief leading a group of 35 English settlers to America. “It’s important to tell the story to set the...

    The First Official Thanksgiving
  • 2002
    Great Homes of Rochester

    Great Homes of Rochester

    Great Homes of Rochester

    92002HD

    Travel through the streets of Rochester and you’ll find some extraordinary architecture. From California bungalows to English Tudors, French colonials...

    Great Homes of Rochester
  • 2018
    Clessie Cummins: Hoosier Inventor

    Clessie Cummins: Hoosier Inventor

    Clessie Cummins: Hoosier Inventor

    02018HD

    Clessie Cummins: Hoosier Inventor details the life of a Hoosier farm boy with a knack for innovation. The father of the American diesel truck engine,...

    Clessie Cummins: Hoosier Inventor
  • 2002
    Liberia: America's Stepchild

    Liberia: America's Stepchild

    Liberia: America's Stepchild

    102002HD

    Two hundred years after the first Africans were transported to America against their will, their descendants sailed back to the land of their ancestor...

    Liberia: America's Stepchild
  • 2004
    Fearful Visitation

    Fearful Visitation

    Fearful Visitation

    92004HD

    A documentary on the General Slocum disaster of June 15, 1904.

    Fearful Visitation
  • 2024
    Forts of Verdun: A Military Chess Game

    Forts of Verdun: A Military Chess Game

    Forts of Verdun: A Military Chess Game

    02024HD

    With 38 forts at stake, Verdun was highly strategic during WWI. Through rare archives, 3D animations and interviews with historians and scientists, we...

    Forts of Verdun: A Military Chess Game
  • 1987
    George Gershwin Remembered

    George Gershwin Remembered

    George Gershwin Remembered

    01987HD

    George Gershwin was born in Brooklyn in 1898, the second of four children from a close-knit immigrant family. He began his musical career as a song-pl...

    George Gershwin Remembered
  • 2013
    The Candy Bomber

    The Candy Bomber

    The Candy Bomber

    82013HD

    To children living in the rubble of post-war Germany, it was candy from heaven. Some saw it as a sign that somebody in America cared about them. To Co...

    The Candy Bomber
  • 2020
    Amen! Music of the Black Church

    Amen! Music of the Black Church

    Amen! Music of the Black Church

    02020HD

    Explore the rich traditions, historical significance, and meaning of Black church music in a new concert film, Amen! Music of the Black Church. Record...

    Amen! Music of the Black Church
  • 2026
    Wild Weather

    Wild Weather

    Wild Weather

    02026HD

    An innovative documentary that illustrates how weather works by performing brave, ambitious (even unlikely) experiments that show how nature transform...

    Wild Weather
  • 2019
    Wild Way of the Vikings

    Wild Way of the Vikings

    Wild Way of the Vikings

    02019HD

    Experience the natural world through the eyes of the Vikings. From the killer whales of the North Sea to the volcanic mounts of Iceland, see the deep...

    Wild Way of the Vikings
  • 2010
    Southwestern Gems: Our Desert National Parks

    Southwestern Gems: Our Desert National Parks

    Southwestern Gems: Our Desert National Parks

    02010HD

    Stunning high-definition footage brings to life the majestic landscapes of The Great Basin Desert of Nevada and Utah; the Mojave Desert of California;...

    Southwestern Gems: Our Desert National Parks
  • 2014
    Bloomington: Remember When

    Bloomington: Remember When

    Bloomington: Remember When

    02014HD

    Bloomington: Remember When examines the city of Bloomington, Indiana - and its array of people, places, and interesting features – and the countless c...

    Bloomington: Remember When
  • 1995
    The Internet Show

    The Internet Show

    The Internet Show

    61995HD

    In this PBS documentary, technology experts Gina Smith and John Levine provide a light, plain English introduction to the Internet, World Wide Web and...

    The Internet Show
  • 2016
    On the Brink of Famine

    On the Brink of Famine

    On the Brink of Famine

    02016HD

    “On the Brink of Famine” takes you inside South Sudan in 360° to meet people battling a man-made hunger crisis. Experience the front lines of a famine...

    On the Brink of Famine
  • 2021
    Arthur: Arthur's First Day

    Arthur: Arthur's First Day

    Arthur: Arthur's First Day

    02021HD

    Arthur and his friends navigate new teachers, new friends, and new adventures as the new school year begins and Arthur starts fourth grade.

    Arthur: Arthur's First Day
  • 2007
    Liberty or Death

    Liberty or Death

    Liberty or Death

    02007HD

    At the second Virginia Convention of March 1775, held at St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia, Patrick Henry proposed a provocative resolution to a...

    Liberty or Death
  • 2022
    Womontown

    Womontown

    Womontown

    02022HD

    Fed up with harassment and housing discrimination, lesbians in 1990s Kansas City dreamed of a place where they could "walk hand in hand, freely down t...

    Womontown